Collection GB 0347 S20 - Battersea Men's Institute

1 box

GB 0347 S20 1923-1949 Collection 1 box

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Battersea Men's Institute was opened in 1920. It was run by the London County Council and was housed in a former school building in Latchmere Road. The purpose of the Institute was to provide evening and weekend courses to interested men. The Institute was open to all men over the age of 18 who paid a small amount of money per term to attend classes. The classes were in practical subjects and were designed to be taken for interest rather than to further a career. Courses included cookery, music, poultry keeping, art, petrol engines, science, photographs and electricity. There were also social events and sports clubs. There were over 1100 members in 1929 and 3000 in the late 1930s. Women were admitted in the 1940s. The Institute also had further branches in Warple Way, Waldron Road and Magdalen Road, as well as making use of the facilities in local schools.

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This collection consists of ephemera relating to the Battersea Men's Institute such as brochures, syllabuses and programmes for annual shows of work by the members. There are also runs of the Weekly Bulletin and several copies of the Institute's journal Scope. Additionally there is also a copy of a 1930 inspection of the Institute carried out by the London County Council.

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This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

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Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002. Entry amended by Barbara Ball.
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. April 2011 London County Council Evening classes Battersea Men's Institute Battersea London Adult education Wandsworth England Educational systems UK Western Europe Europe

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This collection consists of ephemera relating to the Battersea Men's Institute such as brochures, syllabuses and programmes for annual shows of work by the members. There are also runs of the Weekly Bulletin and several copies of the Institute's journal Scope. Additionally there is also a copy of a 1930 inspection of the Institute carried out by the London County Council.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

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English

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General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• anglais